Many people still see exercise as some sort of punishment or pay-back system for indulging in a big day, week or month of eating and drinking.
“Big Sunday, treadmill Monday”
This transactional approach to exercise, where you trade time for calories, is horribly inefficient, completely bypasses the most important benefits of exercise and reinforces the pernicious ‘more is better’ feedback loop which ultimately ends in burnout and injury.
Much better to focus on the positive stuff which exercise is actually really good for like:
Building muscle and improving body composition
Improving strength, stamina and endurance
Boosting brain health, mood and thinking
Enhancing energy levels, health and wellbeing
This transformative approach to exercise liberates you from the idea workouts have to be long, arduous and frequent to be effective. It’s a far healthier mindset which leads to a sustainable, enjoyable and rewarding relationship with exercise.
Take home message: Instead of trading ‘workout’ time for calories, invest ‘workout’ time into getting fit, strong and healthy!